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Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum kicks off at People’s Palace in Damascus
SANA
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July 24, 2025
Damascus, SANA- In the presence of President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum kicks off at People’s Palace in Damascus. Minister of Economy and Industry Dr. Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar, in a speech at Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum said:...
Syria faces collapse of traditional agriculture as drought rages
The New Arab
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July 24, 2025
This year, Syria is experiencing one of the worst environmental and climatic disasters in its modern history. Climate change, chronic environmental degradation, and the long-term effects of prolonged war have combined to push the country into an...
Saudi Investment Delegation Concludes Visit to Syria with Deals Worth Nearly $6.4 Billion
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 24, 2025
Saudi Arabia announced $6.4 billion of investments in Syria on Thursday, reflecting the Kingdom's deepening ties with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government as it seeks to rebuild Syria after a 14-year civil war. The deals were unveiled by...
Trump escalates trade war
Al Dia News
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President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Thursday that significantly expands his administration’s tariff offensive. Beginning August 7, the United States will apply new import duties to most of its trading partners, with rates reaching...
Why Russia Is Unlikely To End Ukraine War Despite Immense U.S. Pressure; Are Trump’s Threats Falling On Deaf Ears? OPED
The Eurasian Times
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August 1, 2025
One of the possible reasons why Russian President Vladimir Putin is not listening to his “friend” and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, despite the latter’s threat to impose more financial penalties on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, is that the...
Syria: UN Experts Alarmed By Targeted Abductions And Disappearances Of Alawite Women And Girls
Scoop
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GENEVA (23 July 2025) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over alarming reports of targeted abductions, disappearances, and gender-based violence against women and girls, particularly from the Alawite community in the different regions of...
Sweida peace follows huge Israeli airstrikes on Damascus
OpEdNews
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July 26, 2025
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Israel attacked the defense ministry building twice, and near the presidential palace in Damascus on July 16. As the afternoon traffic drove by in the heart of the city, huge plumes of smoke...
Syria's coastal forests face devastating losses after wildfires
The New Arab
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July 23, 2025
Flames devoured green mountainsides and reduced ancient forests to ash across Syria's coastal region in July, continuing a destructive pattern that has shrunk the country's woodland areas year after year. The fires consumed approximately 32,123.7...
Pakistan Launches Advanced Remote Sensing Satellite in Partnership With China
Media Line
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August 1, 2025
Pakistan on Thursday announced the successful launch of its new remote sensing satellite in collaboration with China. Officials described the achievement as a significant milestone and expressed hope that it would support disaster management, food...
Understanding Israel and Trump’s conflicting agendas in Syria
Mondoweiss
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July 26, 2025
A common cliche used by American politicians when describing the relationship between the United States and Israel is that “there is no daylight between the two” on policy. That aphorism has generally held, especially when it comes to Israel’s...
Are Syria's Kurds next at risk of sectarian violence?
Deutsche Welle
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July 26, 2025
In the aftermath of the latest violence against minorities in Syria, military representatives of Syria's largest minority, the around 2.5 million Kurds, have now clarified that for them, "disarmament is a red line." On Thursday, Farhad Shami, the...
Warnings About the Phenomenon of Child Smoking in Syria
Enab Baladi
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July 25, 2025
Enab Baladi – Raghad Othman The phenomenon of smoking among children is one of the most serious and influential societal issues, particularly affecting children psychologically and physically. It has become more widespread due to the worsening...
Syrian Government Announces Dates for “International Exhibition for Reconstruction of Syria”
The Syrian Observer
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July 22, 2025
The Syrian government announced on Sunday that the “International Exhibition for the Reconstruction of Syria” (Emaar) will be held from 29 October to 1 November. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Seven Gates Hotel...
Syrian Coastal Fact-Finding Committee Presents Its Findings
Enab Baladi
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July 22, 2025
The spokesperson for the Fact-Finding Committee on the Syrian coast events, Yasser al-Farhan, announced the key findings of its report, which was submitted a few days ago to Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, regarding the events that took place in...
Syria's stability, unity and future are under Israeli siege
Sabah
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July 22, 2025
Last week, the main agenda of Middle East politics was the crisis in Syria. Many observers have seen the eruption of the crisis as a surprise; however, for the attentive observers, it was not. Since the regime change in Syria, Israel has been...
Trump Visa Crackdown Leaves Asian International Students in Limbo
Mochi Magazine
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August 1, 2025
Editor’s note: To ensure safety, all students interviewed in this story are referred to by a pseudonym. Janice Choi of South Korea is one of the nearly 1.1 million international students studying in the U.S. Choi, now a rising senior at the...
US Military Kills Senior ISIS Leader, Two Sons, in Early-Morning Raid in Syria
The Western Journal
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July 25, 2025
America’s hunt for leaders who hope to revive the Islamic State led to the deaths of three people in Syria on Friday. The Islamic state’s hold on multiple cities across the Middle East was broken in President Donald Trump’s first term, but...
Syria: Switzerland Calls For Ceasefire To Be Respected In Suweida
MENAFN
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July 22, 2025
(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Switzerland has condemned the attacks on civilians in the southern Syrian town of Suweida and has called on all parties to respect the ceasefire in the Druze stronghold. This content was published on July 22, 2025 - 14:10 2...
Why deadly clashes in Druze province are so threatening to Syrian unity
Christian Science Monitor
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July 25, 2025
When a Druze merchant was kidnapped at a checkpoint in southern Syria, the response was swift and familiar: retaliatory abductions and local clashes. What followed, however, was anything but: a chain of events calling into question the ability of...
The terrorists run Syria now — and Christians, religious minorities are paying the price
The Blaze
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July 25, 2025
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, up until this month recognized by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization, was formed as the result of the merger of al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate, al-Nusrah Front, and other extremist groups committed to a "popular...